stride across

  • 1stride across/over — cross (an obstacle) with one long step. → stride …

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  • 2stride — ► VERB (past strode; past part. stridden) 1) walk with long, decisive steps. 2) (stride across/over) cross (an obstacle) with one long step. ► NOUN 1) a long, decisive step. 2) the length of a step or manne …

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  • 3stride — strider, n. stridingly, adv. /struyd/, v., strode, stridden /strid n/, striding, n. v.i. 1. to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance. 2. to take a long step: to stride across a puddle. 3. to straddle. v.t. 4. to… …

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  • 4stride — stride1 [straıd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(step)¦ 2¦(improvement)¦ 3 take something in your stride 4 get into your stride 5¦(way of walking)¦ 6 break (your) stride 7 put somebody off their stride 8 (match somebody) stride for stride ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(STEP)¦ …

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  • 5stride — stride1 [ straıd ] noun * count a long confident step: In three strides he had crossed the room. a. singular a way of walking with long steps: an easy stride b. count the distance you go in one long step: The horse was within strides of the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6stride */ — I UK [straɪd] / US noun Word forms stride : singular stride plural strides [countable] a long confident step In three strides he had crossed the room. a) [singular] a way of walking with long steps an easy stride b) [countable] the distance that… …

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  • 7stride — verb (past strode; past participle stridden) 1》 walk with long, decisive steps. 2》 (stride across/over) cross (an obstacle) with one long step. 3》 literary bestride. noun 1》 a long, decisive step.     ↘the length of a step or manner of taking… …

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  • 8stride — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 step ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ In one short stride he reached the window. ▪ quick, slow ▪ easy …

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  • 9stride — 1 verb past tense strode, past participle stridden (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk quickly with long steps (+ across/into/down): Clarice jumped off the porch and strode across the lawn. 2 noun 1 walking (C) a long step: Paco reached the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10stride — [[t]stra͟ɪd[/t]] strides, striding, strode 1) VERB If you stride somewhere, you walk there with quick, long steps. [V prep/adv] They were joined by a newcomer who came striding across a field... [V prep/adv] He turned abruptly and strode off down …

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